Three Seconds: Ewert Grens 4 - Tapa dura

Piet Hoffmann is the best undercover operative in the Swedish police force, but only one other man is even aware of his existence. After a drug deal he is involved in goes badly wrong, he must face the hardest mission of his life - infiltrating Sweden's most infamous maximum-security prison. Detective Inspector Ewert Grens is charged with investigating the drug-related killing. Unaware of Hoffmann's real identity, he believes himself to be on the trail of a dangerous psychopath. But he cannot escape the feeling that vital information pertaining to the case has been withheld or manipulated. Hoffmann has his insurance: wiretap recordings that implicate some of Sweden's most prominent politicians in a corrupt conspiracy. But in Ewert Grens they might just have found the perfect weapon to eliminate him. Intelligent, gripping, brutal, Three Seconds is the new thriller from Roslund and Hellstrom, the heirs apparent to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell as the masters of Scandinavian crime.

He leads a double life. One with a beloved wife and two small boys - a family he will protect no matter what the cost. And another, secret life, in which every single day he risks losing everything. Intelligent, gripping, brutal. Three Seconds is the new thriller from Roslund and Hellström, the heirs apparent to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell as the masters of Scandinavian crime. Praise from Sweden: 'Three Seconds is in parts so hair-raising that I have to put it down, pace around the apartment to catch my breath, and try to calm down' Västerbottens Folkblad. 'This summer's best crime novel ... Three Seconds doesn't loosen its grip for a single second' Länstidningen i Östersund. 'Roslund and Hellström appear to have parked, once and for all, on the pinnacle of the Swedish crime writing elite' Mariestads-Tidningen.